What’s the strangest thing you ever found in a book?

Re:What’s the strangest thing you ever found in a book? by garyrob on Wednesday August 03, 2022 @03:12PM (#32335652)

The wonderful book Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki contains a page which is blank except for a drawing of a fly in one corner. Nowhere else in the book is it mentioned or any explanation provided. Having practiced Zen for 10 years, I have an idea that might explain it. But on the surface, it is completely strange and inexplicable.

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Re:What’s the strangest thing you ever found in a book? by somat on Wednesday August 03, 2022 @03:53PM (#32336031)

Porpoise

http://www.thecodelesscode.com/case/66

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Re:What’s the strangest thing you ever found in a book? by teptoria on Wednesday August 03, 2022 @10:06PM (#32338552)

love this :) thanks for sharing

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Re:What’s the strangest thing you ever found in a book? by _1tan on Wednesday August 03, 2022 @03:22PM (#32335754)

Care to explain your idea?

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Re:What’s the strangest thing you ever found in a book? by lake_vincent on Wednesday August 03, 2022 @03:23PM (#32335765)

The book is the explanation :)

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Re:What’s the strangest thing you ever found in a book? by amelius on Wednesday August 03, 2022 @08:00PM (#32337839)

Perhaps just another way of saying "page intentionally left blank".

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Re:What’s the strangest thing you ever found in a book? by noisy_boy on Thursday August 04, 2022 @02:26AM (#32339808)

Clear your mind to observe the small things.

Alt: Pay attention to edge cases.

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Re:What’s the strangest thing you ever found in a book? by chasd00 on Thursday August 04, 2022 @10:09AM (#32343118)

It being inexplicable is the explanation.

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